Example sentences of "wanted to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew Gail Benson slightly when she was a schoolgirl , and remember a pretty moon face , big eyes , a freckled complexion deepening to russet , dark hair parted down the middle — a nut-brown maid and modern miss who must have wanted to be away from the French Lycée in South Kensington , shy , uneasy , wound-up . |
| 2 | Had you always wanted to be an actor ? |
| 3 | He put his hands out to take up the carving knife and fork and Amy Hall murmured something to her neighbour about Arthur always having wanted to be a surgeon really . |
| 4 | He had wanted to be a Napoleon and special . |
| 5 | He had wanted to be a vet , but all his plans had come to nothing . |
| 6 | He had wanted to be alone while he wrote tomorrow 's vital speech to the Conservative conference . |
| 7 | At the same time she had fiercely wanted to be proud of Phoebe , to support Phoebe 's admirable fight on her behalf . |
| 8 | Broaddus — owner of Prodesco , a textile company in Pennsylvania , and an American with extensive business interests outside catering — was a friend and former hotel client of Brown , and had always wanted to be involved in the hospitality industry . |
| 9 | Laszlo once wanted to be a rabbi . |
| 10 | Marie desperately wanted to be told what to do but there was no one but herself to rely on . |
| 11 | Not only is he possibly the best friend I have , man friend , but ever since I ‘ came out ’ , he 's wanted to be rather more than that . ’ |
| 12 | Madame Claudia , she had wanted to be , Your Guide to the Future . |
| 13 | Ewan no longer wanted to be part of this . |
| 14 | Wanted to be happy — Here ! ’ |
| 15 | But the important thing was that I just wanted to be free . ’ |
| 16 | If the truth were known , Sir Henry had never wanted to be a country gentleman , which must have seemed very small beer after such a distinguished and varied military career . |
| 17 | Morton was on the point of killing the Dragoon when the soldier begged for quarter , adding that he had been forced into the army and had not wanted to be a soldier . |
| 18 | I 'd only wanted to be alone ! |
| 19 | She had n't wanted to be sensible or clever . |
| 20 | She had wanted to be beautiful like Paula , would have traded everything to be just a little like the sister whose stunning good looks had the power to attract and mesmerise wherever she went . |
| 21 | He had wanted to be more noticed as a child . |
| 22 | June , too , had wanted to be noticed for herself and not just for fading to attain impossibly high standards . |
| 23 | Right from the very start I had wanted to be a test-pilot . |
| 24 | Unlike most of my contemporaries , who at a similar age had wanted to be train drivers , I wanted to fly . |
| 25 | ‘ You actually wanted to be hauled up in front of the stewards in Portman Square ? ’ |
| 26 | I decided not to go in there on the grounds that Tommy would not , and Tommy off duty in Tommy 's off-duty clothes was what I most definitely wanted to be at that moment . |
| 27 | I 'd always wanted to be famous . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've never wanted to be a jobbing presenter , ’ reveals Muriel , 32 , who lives in Edinburgh . |
| 29 | Dalgliesh 's wife had n't wanted to be with her mother , she had wanted to be with him , had wanted it with such intensity that he had wondered afterwards whether she might have felt a premonition . |
| 30 | Dalgliesh 's wife had n't wanted to be with her mother , she had wanted to be with him , had wanted it with such intensity that he had wondered afterwards whether she might have felt a premonition . |